Name that Character
chaste, pure, unattainable
Rosaline
Physical theater Shakespeare developed
Globe Theatre
Where players typically performed their plays, before Shakespeare and in his early career
In public squares as they traveled from town to town
There are (to, two, too) swords - one for each man (to, two, too) fight with. There are shields (to, two, too).
Two (number); to; too (also)
There are two swords - one for each man to fight with. There are shields too.
"Alas that love, so gentle in his view, should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!" - Benvolio
Personification
hot-headed, fiery, quarrelsome
Tybalt
Shakespeare married someone __________ than him
Older
City and country where Romeo & Juliet is set
Verona, Italy
Lady Capulet believed she was better (then, than) the Nurse. (Then, Than), Juliet was mad at her mother.
than (comparison); Then (after/next)
Lady Capulet believed she was better than the Nurse. Then, Juliet was mad at her mother.
“I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life, clos'd in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death.” - Romeo
Foreshadowing
witty, imaginative, funny
Mercutio
These colored flags atop Globe Theater indicated ___________
The type of play
(black - tragedy, white - comedy, red - history)
The place where Romeo and Juliet meet
The feast/party at the Capulet's house
(Their, There, They're) going to Verona, but they won't find Romeo (their, there, they're) since he was exiled to Mantua. But they will find plenty of food to fill (their, there, they're) bellies because the Capulet's are having another feast.
They're (they are); there (place); their (possession/belonging to them)
They're going to Verona, but they won't find Romeo there since he was exiled to Mantua. But they will find plenty of food to fill their bellies because the Capulet's are having another feast.
“A troubled mind drove me to walk abroad, / Where underneath the grove of sycamore / That westward rooteth from this city side, / So early walking did I see your son” - Benvolio to Montague parents
Pun
sycamore = sick amore = sick love = lovesick Romeo
traditional, noble, attractive
Paris
Feeling of local authorities toward players
Hostile (due to allegedly more crime and infection when they came into town)
Where Romeo goes when he is banished/exiled from Verona
Mantua
The (boys, boy's, boys') love to give each other a hard time.
The (boys, boy's, boys') masks help to disguise them at the feast.
The (boys, boy's, boys') love for Rosaline is too great, until he meets Juliet.
Boys (all of them); boys' (more than one boy possessing something); boy's (one boy possessing something)
The boys love to give each other a hard time.
The boys' masks help to disguise them at the feast.
The boy's love for Rosaline is too great, until he meets Juliet.
"Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books" - Romeo
Simile
When a person has fallen in love he or she will be in a rush to return to the loved one, just like students are in a hurry to finish their studying/school.
impulsive, idealistic, ill-fated
Romeo
Shakespeare's birthplace
Stratford-upon-Avon not far from London, England
The place where Paris dies
Capulet's Tomb
Romeo and Juliet (was, were) going to get married and live happily ever after. But fate intervenes and both Romeo and Juliet (die, dies). Juliet's body (is, are) in the Capulet tomb and her soul, by angels, (depart, departs) to heaven.
Romeo and Juliet were going to get married and live happily ever after. But fate intervenes and both Romeo and Juliet die. Juliet's body is in the Capulet tomb and her soul, by angels, departs to heaven.
“Come, night; Come, Romeo; Come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, Whiter than new snow on a raven's back.” - Juliet
Light & Dark Imagery
Juliet is contrasting light and dark, saying that Romeo is like the daytime even when it's night - as if he brings the light to her even in the darkness.